St John's C of E Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Kingston upon Thames
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St John's C of E Primary School is a primary school in Kingston upon Thames for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2023. Kingston upon Thames and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
St John's C of E Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.20 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | 0.18 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.16 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.30 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out (a last distance was published) in all 5 earlier years.
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years, the biggest move being from 2024 to 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 20 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 13th lowest of 30 Kingston upon Thames primary schools.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kingston upon Thames schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Portland Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2SG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kingston upon Thames
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school.”
- “They said that they look forward to learning new things every day.”
- “Pupils are happy because they are surrounded by adults whom they trust.”
To improve
- “Leaders and staff at all levels are working hard to ensure that pupils achieve the same highly positive outcomes across all subjects.”
- “Occasionally, however, some teaching choices mean that pupils are expected to learn too much information in one go.”
- “When this happens, it gets in the way of pupils knowing and remembering more of the subject that they are learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 18 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kingston upon Thames.
- King Athelstan Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Maple Infants' School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's and St Mark's CofE Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lime Tree Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alexandra Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published